How To Cook Mince Pies With Puff Pastry
First prep your mince meat mincemeat straight from the jar is fine but adding some apple and cranberries gives your mince pies a little more interest.
How to cook mince pies with puff pastry. Use a fork to crimp the edges of each parcel together and snip 2 little holes in the top with plastic scissors. Bake the mince pies for around twenty minutes or until they are golden. Use an 8cm cookie cutter to cut circles around each of the holes peeling away the excess puff pastry.
Make a small slash with a knife in the centre of each pie. Add a handful of cranberries also. Remove from the oven but leave them in the tin for a few minutes so they cool down.
Place a flat baking tray over the pies and flip the fairy cake tin upside down. Bake for 20 mins until golden. This puff pastry version is so quick and simple to make.
Finally pierce the top of each mince pie with a skewer or sharp knife. Brush the top of the mince pies with egg and sprinkle over a little caster sugar. For the mince pies dust your work surface and a rolling pin with a little flour and roll out the pastry to 1 coin thickness.
Pre heat your oven to 200 c and grease a baking tray with some butter margarine. Is there a more loved christmas bake than mince pies. Brush with more egg sprinkle with sugar then transfer to 2 baking trays lined with baking parchment.
It will convert even mincemeat haters to the sheer joy that is these light go to recipe. To serve lightly dust with the icing sugar. Carefully place the pastry lids over the top of each mince pie pinching the two edges together with your fingers or a fork.